#viet

Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#conceded #geneva #government #moral #pressure

Anyone who doesn't regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#brains #heart #passing #regret #restored

I see that not everyone in the West has understood that the Soviet Union has disappeared from the political map of the world and that a new country has emerged with new humanist and ideological principles at the foundation of its existence. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#disappeared #emerged #everyone #existence #foundation

It is unconscionable that 10,000 boys have died in Vietnam. If 10,000 American women had mind enough they could end the war, if they were committed to the task, even if it meant going to jail. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#american women #committed #could #died #end

Despite what many Americans think, most Soviets do not yearn for capitalism or Western-style democracy. ↗

— Dan Rather

#democracy #despite #many #most #soviets

It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#christmas #could #country #home #how

We should declare war on North Vietnam. We could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and still be home by Christmas. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#could #country #declare #home #north

I did a long concert tour in England and Denmark and Sweden, and I also sang for the Soviet people, one of the finest musical audiences in the world. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#audiences #concert #denmark #did #england

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#assure #democracies #discrimination #either #ever